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ESTABLISHED 1880. THOMPSONYILLE, CONK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1903. VOL. XXIY. m. 36.
Forbes & Wallace, Forbes & Wallace.
Stock-Taking Brings Down the Prices on
Men's Furnishings.
All the broken lines of Men's Furnishings left from the
holiday selling have been assembled and marked at prices
that will sell them quickly. The offerings include the most
desirable and seasonable merchandise in our stock. You
will find them greatly to your advantage.
THE CLOSING YEAR.
Men's Heavy Underwear, wool-fleece-lined,
silver gray, single or double-breasted
39c
Men's Derby Ribbed Underwear, in
blue, black, tan and ecru 39c
Men's Merino Underwear, natural
color, heavy weight 39c
Men's Heavy Cotton Underwear... .65c
Men's Camel's Hair Underwear 89c
iMen's Natural Wool, or Camel's Hair
"Underwear, extra fine quality $1.05
Men's Sweaters, - plain and fancy
tveavea, solid and combination colors,
$1 50,$1 75, $2, $2.50, $2.75, $2 98and$4 48
Boys' Sweaters, plain and fancy
weaves, plain colors and stripes, value 75c
to $2 50, at 48c, 85c, $1.39 and $1.50
Men's Cardigan Jackets, in black and
brown, valued $2 50 to $3 75, at $2, $2 50
and $3
Men's Neckwear—Tecks and Derby
Four-in-Hands, plain colors, and neat
figures 19c
Four-in-Hands, Ascots, Tecks and
Puffs, in the newest effects fine quality
silk, values up to $1, at 42c
Men's Silk Suspenders, value 75c to $2,
at 50c and $1
MUSSED HANDKERCHIEFS.
All the Handkerchiefs used in the Holiday window and
inside displays have now been sorted and marked for quick
riddance. With them are included all that became mussed
and soiled in the Holiday rush. There are women's, men's
and children's Handkerchiefs, plain and embroidered. All
we want now is to close them out in order to keep our stock
fresh and clean, so we have marked them at prices that
bear little relation to cost or value, j /%-t rA_
In four lots at 4c, 11c, 21c and 50c
Our Great January Sale of Muslin
Underwear will begin next Friday.
Forbes & Wallace.
Main, Vernon and Pynchon streets, Springfield, Mass.
The School that Makes a Specialty
of Each Student.
—The—
gives thorough instruction in Bookkeeping, Business Arithmetic, Com­mercial
Law, Penmanship, Correspondence, Shorthand, Typewriting, etc.
Instruction very largely individual.
An excellent time to begin a course of training is January 4th.
The Huntsinger record—fifteen years of faithful work—is the Hunt-singer
reference.
$13 per month pays for tuition, the use of text books, and the use of
all stationery and supplies needed at the school.
New pupils enter every week.
E. H. HUNTSINGER,
SO Asylum Street, Hartford,
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In sheeted vales and snow-crowned hills
December days drift out the year,
With falt'ring steps Time bowed in grief
Gives to the new a welcome cheer.
'Tis thus our life days drift apace,
Marked by the running sands away,
When other lives shall fill our place,
And love and live their nobler way.
A NEW TEAR'S IDYLL.
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Everything bad gone wrong, and I
hated the world and everything and
everybody—with one exception.
Then the dance, and I so fearfully out
of tune for dancing.
If she had only written, but then it
would have been so utterly unlike Dora
to have written; she generally contented
herself with sending wires and post
cards. :v
"My handwriting is atrocious and I
spell abominably," she used to say, so it
would be simply absard of me to cultivate
the art of letter writing."
The news was broken to me so sud­denly.
"Heard of Dora's engagement, I sup­pose?"
asked old Colonel Foster briskly.
"Capital fellow, George Standish; a little
old for the girl, perhaps, but she seems to
like him, and of course my wife is pleased,
for with your two cousins coming out
next summer, it's a great thing to get the
eldest girl well married, you know."
I nodded and murmured something
conventional. How could I tell Colonel
Foster that, for the last two years, I had
regarded him as my prospective father-in-
law, and that I had even been fool
enough to come down to the grange with
an engagement ring for Dora in my
pocket!
Well, well, I had been a fool, it seemed,
an utter fool, and the Booner I got back
to London the better; if they had not
been having that confounded dance, the
annual New Year's eve affair, I believe I
should have made some wild excuse and
got away, but to desert within a few
hours of the dance was a crime that I
dared not contemplate; also I did not see
my way clear to getting the dog cart
Dora danced into the study; she looked
wonderfully bright and pretty.
"O, here you are, Jack. When did you
arrive?"
"I must congratulate you, Dora."
I spoke in my best manner, stiffly and,
I hope, sternly, putting as much reproach
in my glance as I could.
Thank you so much; the house is
upRide down with excitement, and the
girls, as you will find, can talk of nothing
but bridesmaids' dresses. As to mother,
she is radiant with pride, for I shall be
quite a 'great lady,' shall I not, daddy
dear. The Standish diamonds are per
fectly lovely, Jack. 01 here's the
ring." .
She held up a slender finger for my in­spection,
circled by a gleaming hoop of
large and scintillating brilliants. Invol­untarily
I contrasted the costly gage with
the simple ring reposing in my waistcoat
pocket. Oh, yes, Dora had been wise in
her generation.
* * * * * * *
I had privately determined not to ask
Dora to dance, but, all the same, valse
No 8 found us sitting out together in the
darkest and most bescreened of retreats.
Dora bad led me there, I may as well
say.
Is it not nice, and dark, and cozy I"
she laughed gleefully. "I rigged it up
myself this morning; mother has the
most garish and primitive ideas of a
sitting-out room;" then, with a sudden
change of voice and manner, "Why are
you so gloomy and silent, Jack? Are you
cross with me?"
The truth is,"I answered, "I don't
feel happy over this engagement of
yours; Standish is so much older than
you are."
"Well, 1 know that." She tapped her
pretty foot impatiently. "Have you
nothing else to pay?"
"Only this, I cannot: believe you are in
love with him I"
I never said I was: listen, Jack, to
the true position of affairs. I was rather
fond of somebody—years ago, and though
he evidently did not care about me in
that way, still I never could fancy myself
liking any one else; any young man, I
mean. Well, I am not the sort of a girl
who goes crying for the moon, breaking
her heart and making everybody uncom­fortable
and miserable, and I have two
sisters waiting to come out; so when Mr
8tandish appeared on the scene aboutfour
months ago and showed pretty plainly
that he liked and admired me—well, I
thought the position of Mrs Standish
would suit me."
But have yon to)d bjm that you are
not in love with him, Dora?"
'-Of course I have, and he |s rather re­lieved,
for he is not really in love with
me. He has spoken the truth honestly,
too; be adored his first wife, but she died
when her baby girl was born; he was de­voted
to his daughter and almost broken­hearted
when she died last year, and
that's why he wants to marry a girl like
me. He wants me to take her place in a
way, to have youth about bis home again,
some one to pet and spoil. He has prom­ised
me that I shall be happy ;. I hope to
make him happy, too."
Dora looked sweetly serious. I drew
my gprefully sealed-up little parcel from
my pocket and landed it to her.
"jjere is a wedding present, Dora. I
wish you all possible h^pppess, dear." f
"A wedding present! But youi cjid not
know, Jack, til) fet^ey tp}<J yp# £h|s
afternoon."
'Never mind," I answered} "keep, .it
as a wedding prevent" • Urn
8he iopked at me witb brows slightly
knit, a: ;Wfctfui expression iff; her eyes;
then when, unwrapping the paper, she
discovered a ring case, she flushed all
over her face. ....
Do you think it pretty?"
design—one pearl, with a stem and leaf
of small diamonds, made to resemble a
mistletoe.
"I think it lovely, Jack, but I don't
quite understand. Did you mean it only
for a New Year's gift?"
I told her all then, told her how I bad
loved her from my college days, and bad
always had before me the hope of win­ning
her for my wife; here she started a
little and paled.
"Why did you never tell me, Jack?"
she cried.
"I thought you understood, that you
must have seen."
"Oh, no, Jack. I used to think once
upon a time that you cared, but as you
never said anything I fancied I must
have been mistaken, and that you only
cared for me as a cousin. Oh, Jack,
Jack, why didn't you speak?"
She had tears in her voice and tears in
her eyes.
"Why didn't I speak? Because I was a
poor man, Dora. I have worked hard,
Dora, and last week I was offered a place
that means bread and butter and jam, so
I went straight off to the jeweler and
ordered that little ring for you, but you
have got a diamond hoop on the finger I
hoped to put it on."
She burst into a sudden shower of tears
Oh, how 1 longed to kiss and comfort
her!
"I have loved you BO, Jack. . I felt
ashamed of myself at last, thinking you
did not care, and then mother was so
pleased at the thought of my making a
great marriage, and of course it would be
nice for the girls—and so—"
"Don't marry him, oh, my darling,
don't marry him!" I cried, passionately.
"Why ruin both our lives? According to
your own showing, he really does not
love you."
"But he has the finest place in the
country, and the Standish diamonds are
famous." Dora rose to her feet with a
little laugh; she brushed away all trace
of tears with a dainty lace handkerchief.
"Take back your ring, Jack, dear. I
cannot wear two on the same finger, and,
Jack, I have a queer sort of fancy to
dance the old year out and the new year
in with you. Will you come and find me
here a little before 12 o'clock? But of
course you will come if I ask you to."
Before I could answer she had slipped
lightly away. I followed her into the
prowded ballroom and saw her walk
swiftly up to George Standish, who was
standing talking to Colonel Foster. Dora
put her band on his arm and drew him
gently away. The sight was a little too
bitter. I wandered up into the deserted
billiard room, and there I cursed my luck
in as strong language as ever a man could
use; and I am not ashamed to say that if
ever in my life I felt like sobbing I felt it
then, for things had gone hardly with
me, very hardly indeed.
* * * * * * *
At about a quarter to 12 1 took my way
downstairs, passing through the ballroom
to reach the little sitting-out nook where
Dora had told me to find her. Every one
seemed waiting for the joybells of the
New Year. I noticed Colonel Foster
standing by the window, ready to open it
on the last stroke of the clock
I made my way through the laughing,
excited groups. When I came to the
screened retreat I saw that Dora was not
alone; George Standish was with her. As
far gs I could see in the dim light he was
holding her hand. I would have retired,
but Dora called my name quickly, and
Standish rose to his feet—Dora rising,
too.
"Good-night, dear, and good-by. God
bring you a happy New Year, Dora. I
am departing with the old year."
As Standish spoke he bent as though to
kiss Dora's hand, but frankly and like a
child she turned up her face, and he
lightly kissed her forehead. His brow
contracted for a second, as if with pain;
then he turned to me with a singularly
bright smile, and, giving my hand a warm
grip, said:
"A happy New year to you." He then
turned swiftly away.
Dora sank down on her seat with a
little cry.
"Oh, he is such a good, true man, Jack;
I shall love him all my life."
"As you are going to marry him, I am
sure I hope you will," I said sullenly.
"Sit down, Jack, and don't look so
cross."
"I thought you wanted to dance the
old year out."
"Well, I don't, Jack; it's rather sol­emn,
this, the death of the old year.
What is the new year gning to bring us,
I wonder?"
* 'Don't, Dora—don't," I cried. ' 'I hoped
and thought it was going to bring me
you."
"Listen I" she cried, rising to her feet.
'The old ball clopk is beginning to
strike."
We listened till the twelve strokes had
chimed out.
"The new year has come," smiled
Dora; then somehow I found her in my
arms.
"I told him the truth, Jacfc?' whispered
Dora, "and he said I had better marry
my own sweetheart, as he married his
years ago."
"God bless him for a good man," I
cried.
"Don't you want to give me my ring?"
asked Dora, after a few blissful moments
had passed.
I looked down at her hand; the big
diamond hoop had vanished from the
small finger held bravely out I suppose
£ looked surprise^. .
"Oh, you silly boy," l^pghpd Dora,
witj^ a stjdgen rptijrn of her gay, teasing
manner. "It's best to be o# with the old
ring before yoq are on with (he new."
SMART SET FRIENDSHIPS.
They Usually Have a Purpose, So­cial,
Political or Financial.
There are friends in what is labeled
"the smart set" whose motto in life
would appear to be, "Banish dull care."
These are the people who give those
cheerful dinners where nobody cares a
rap for precedence. Everybody takes
his affinity in to dinner. The host starts
off with the prettiest girl, and the host­ess
is taken down by some beardless
boy. It is Liberty hall, with nicknames
for all present, abundance of "chaff"
and stories something more than risky.
They are all great friends, of course,
and call each other "dear things" and
know exactly how much is meant by
that, while they smile sweetly and say
"Cat!" in connection with most of them
behind their backs. Few of these so
called friendships in society are made
without a purpose, either political, so­cial
or financial. The peeress wants a
"tip" from the millionaire, either a
Stock Exchange tip or one affecting
coin or copper or whatever his special
line may be. Our "nice" friends are
nice in so far as they are useful to us.
At the same time, in justice to society,
it ought to be pointed out that no one
Is taken in by these interested friend­ships.
The people who only make
friends calculating how much they will
benefit thereby are seen through by ev­erybody
and disliked so openly that
only their toadies fail to let them see it
—London Outlook.
Tlie Finishing; Touch.
The small boy with his eyes open of­ten
knows more of things as they are
than the artist who draws things as
they are not. An illustrator who is
winning laurels by his fine work main­tains
that his most valuable critic is his
son, a boy of twelve.
He knows little about drawing, says
the artist, but he has a quick sense for
beauty and a keen imagination as well.
Not long ago I had to make a drawing
of a street full of people running to a
flre. I flattered myself I had made a
lifelike and moving scene and submit­ted
it to my boy with a feeling of satis­faction.
He surveyed it for a moment, hands
In his pockets, head on one side. Then
he said:
"The people are a'll right, but where's
the dog?"
*The dog?" I inquired. "What dog?''
*Any dog," he saici in a tone of pity
for my dullness. "Why, father, don't
yon know there's always at least one
dog running alongside and getting un­der
everybody's feet when you're going
tp a fire? Haven't you ever been to a
flre, father, or seen a crowd going to
one?"
When I thought it over I knew he
was right, and the dog went In.—
Youth's Companion.
A Easiness Epitaph.
Amusing epitaphs are not difficult to
find if one is seeking them. The Che­shire
Republican cites a most singular
one which may be found on a monu­ment
in eastern Tennessee:
Sacred to tha memory of John Smith,
for twenty years senior partner of the
firm of Smith & Jones, now J. J. Jones &
Co.
The names are not really Smith and
Jones, but they will answer for the
purposes of the story. "I met Jones
later," says the narrator, "and he gave
me a frank explanation of the inscrip­tion.
"Smith was a bachelor without rela­tives,"
he said, "but he knew a tre­mendous
lot of country people, and if
any of them happened to see his grave
they might think that the old house
bad closed up and gone out of business.
So I thought it no more than right to
let them know that the firm was still
alive."
No Doubt About It.
A kind hearted lady saw a small boy
seated on one of the benches in Fair-mount
park the other day smoking a
cigar which she afterward told a
friend seemed almost as big as him­self.
The lady is an enthusiastic anti-tobacco
worker and never loses an op­portunity
to impress, especially upon
youthful minds, the evils of using to"
bacco in any form.
Seating herself by the side of the lad,
ghe said kindly, "Oh, my boy, wouldn't
your father be dreadfully pained if be
saw you spooking that cigar?"
"Rather think he would," responded
the twentieth century young man
without removing the weed from his
mouth. "This is one of his best cigars."
—Philadelphia Ledger.
Giving an Opinion.
Taddles—I used to think a good deal
of Straddles, but—
Waddles—You don't say so? What
has he done?
"The other day I asked him to call
round and give me his opinion of an ar­ticle
of mine on 'The Impending Crisis.'
Well, he came all right; but he brought
a little thing of his own for me to hear,
and, confound him, he wasted all the
evehing with his egotistical trash."
In Many Place..
Mrs. McCall—I see you've got a new
girl. Has she had much experience as
a cook?
Mrs. Hiram Offen—Apparently not
much, but many, and I propose to give
ber notice to hunt up another experi­ence
when her week's up.—Philadel­phia
Press.
DOESN'T RESPECT OLD AGE.—It's shame­ful
when youth fails to show proper res­pect
for old age, but just the contrary in
the case of Dr King^s New • Life Pills.
They cut off maladies no matter how se­vere
and irrespective of old age. Dys­pepsia,
jaundice, fever, constipation, all
yield to this perfect pill. 25c, at E N
Smith's drug-store.
From eight to twelve cats are part of
the equipment of every great ocean liner,
and these same pussies duly appear on
the ship's books, where their rations are
accounted for. Each cat is stationed ac a
different part of the ship, and certain
stewards are told off to feed them, daily.
There is not a little rivalry between
. „ „ '- ~r t , ... different stewards when the respeotive
A3?*™! merits as rat-catchers of different catB
an ugly cut on the leg of J B Orner, under, their charge are being discussed,
Franklin Grove, 111. It developed a stub­born
ulcer unyielding todootors and rem­edies
for four years. Then Bucklen's Ar- . ^
nica Salve cured. It's just as good for COLD.—-Laxative Bromo-Qumine Tablets
burns, Boalds, skill eruptions and piles, at I cure a oold in ODO day. No cure, no pay.
was a simple rin^ inade to my own E N Smith's drugstore, Site. . I Price 800.
STOPS THE COUGH AND WORKS OFF THE
E.
Physicians and Surgeons.
F. PARSONS, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Residence and office No. 45 Pearl street,
Thompsonvllle, Conn. Office hours, 8.00 to #.00
a. m.; 3.00 to 3.00, and 6.00 to 7.30 p. m. Orders
may be left at E. N. Smith's drag store.
JOHN L. BRIDGE, M. D.
Office 29 Pearl street Thompsonville.
Office hours, until 9am., 1.30 to 3, and
6.30 to 3 p m. Sundays, 1 to 3 p m.
Telephone 34-6.
Music, Etc.
JBA P. ALLEN,
TEACHER OF MUSIC,
Also agent for the finest Pianos and Organs
sold In this vicinity. Can refer to scores of
purchasers. Musical merchandise of every de-
•criptlon on hand, or obtained at short notice.
Llndsey's block (room 1), Thompsonville, Ct.
Miss Emma L. Parsons,
Teacher of Piano,
No. 48 PEABL STREET.
Thompsonville, - Conn.
FEEDEEIC C. ABBE.
Teacher of Music
Studio, Mulligan's New Block,
THOMPSONVILLE.
Pianos, Sheet Music, Self-players.
Dentistry.
B. H. THORNTON, D.D.S.
MANSLEY'S BLOCK,
Thompsonville, ConD.
OFFICE HOURS—8.30 a. m.to
12m; 1.30to bp.m. Evenings'
to 8 p. m., except TtieFdajp and
Thursdays. Appointments can
be made by telephone.
L. N. WILEY, D. D. 8.,
DENTIST.
Dental office in Smith's block, Main St.,
Thompsonville.
Extracting a Specialty.
Office hours, 8 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Undertakers and Directors.
XV.. XJBXSTB,
UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER
45 AND 47 MAIN ST.,
THOMPSONVUXB, . . . CONN.
Printers and Publishers.
"pHE PARSONS PRINTING CO.,
Steam-Power Printers, and
Publishers of THI THOMPSONVIIXK PKKSS.
Mulligan's Block, Corner South Main and
High Streets,
Thompsonvllle, Conn.
Railroads.
H ARTFORD AND SPRINGFIELD
STREET RAILWAY CO.
On and after August 3, 1903, cars will
leave the Waiting Station at
Thompsonville
For Hartford and Warehouse Point at
seventeen (17) minutes and forty-seven
(47) minutes past the hour.
For Springfield and Chicopee at twenty-five
(25) minutes and tifty-five (55)
minutes past the hour.
H. S. NEWTON, Superintendent.
s OMERS AND ENFIELD ELECTRIC
RAILWAY CO.
On and after August 24, 1903, cars will
be run through without change
from Somers to Springfield
and Chicopee, Mass.
Cars will leave Somers, going north, on
the hour, reaching Thompsonville at
38 minutes past the hour, arriving
in Springfield at 22 minutes past
the hour.
Returning, leave Court Square, Spring-field,
at 22 minutes past the hour.
Thompsonville at 2 minutes past th^
hour, and arrive at Somers at 45
minutes past the hour.
H. S. NEWTON, Superintendent.
Miscellaneous.
W. Gibson Field,
ATTORNEY A*>D
C0UNSELL0R-AT-LAW,
OFFICE, - 139 ENFIELD STREET,
(Southwest from l'ost-Offlce),
E1TPIELD, C03STHT.
Epstein's Express.
Furniture and Pianos Moved
and Heavy Teaming.
Have also an Adjustable Window Derrick for
hoisting Pianos, etc.
K. J. EPSTEIN, Prop. P. O. Box. 611
Besidence cor. Central at. and Toungave.
Thompsonville, Conn.
rjiHOMPSONYILLE
BARBER SHOP,
84 MAW STREET.
IgTHair Cutting a Specialty.
A. J. GIACONIA, Proprietor.
JpOR SALE,
Seven house lots on New King street;
alsolpiece of land corner Pearl and South
Pearl streets, Thompsonville.
Address L. P. BUSHNELL,
254 Arlington St., WeBt Medford, Mass.
Sbe abompsonvUle press.
Published Every Thursday, by
T3xe ^Paxsons Sprinting- Co.
ThompaonvUl*, . • Conn.
THE PRESS IS an eight column folio
weekly, filled with interesting reading-
New England, local and general news,
and well-selected miscellany.
TERMS: $1.50 a year in advance; six
months, 75 cents; three months, 40 cents.
Postage prepaid by the publishers.
Papers are forwarded until an explicit
order is received by the publishers for
their discontinuance and until payment of
all arrearages is made, as required by law.
Advertising rates made known on ap
plication.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths inserted
free. Resolutions of condolence, 5 cents
a line.
THE PRESS will be for sale at John
Hunter's, William Chestnut's, and by
news boys, every Thursday evening,.
Copies folded ready for mailing can
also be had at this office. At Hazard-ville,
at the store of Wm. A. Smith.
We have a complete outfit of news
paper and job type, our presses are run
by steam power, and we have every
facility for doing
JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS
in the latest style, at short notice, and
at the lowest living prices.
BT We defy honorable competition.
Give us a call or drop us a line before
placing your orders
The Parsons Printing Company,
Thorap.onT1".. Conn.
Bent'* Old Stand.
We are prepared to show you a line of
WAQOIVS,
x>th heavy and light, or build one foi
you to suit.
Our reputation is established: SurreyB,
Concords, Open and Top Buggies,
Business and Farm Wagons.
Also a choice lot of Light and Heavy
Harness.
C1BL Ei MILLER'S carrj8ge ^8,
Thompsonville, Conn.
s!
Holiday Presents!
A NICE—
Harness,
Blankets, Robes,
Whips,
Skates,
Pocket knives,
Shears, Razors,
Food-choppers
and many other useful articles, at
A. T. LORD'S,
81 Main street, Thompsonville.
Oates' Express.
Oates' Express does all kjnds of Light
and Heavy teaming.
Freight work is a special feature for
every-day business.
Moving pianos and household furni­ture
carefully attended to.
Furniture stored by the week or
month, with or without insurance
EDWIN OATES,
Prospect street,
Thompsonville, - Conn.
Sleighs,
Sleighs.
Never did we have such a
large stock of sleighs.
BRAIN ARD'S.
Spring Delivery
Contracts are
now in order.
Thompsonville
Monumental Works
Pearl Street,
Thompsonville, - Oonn.
pg"Electric cars pass the works,
Courtesy and
Promptness.
These two qualities character­ize
our dealings with our de­positors.
They lead to pleasant
personal and business relations
that we believe have had a
large part in the building up of
this institution.
The American National Bank
is well equipped for affording
satisfactory banking accom-;
modations. Your account,
whether large or small, has
careful, accurate, prompt at­tention.
^WILLIAM J. DIXON
CASHIER
_ __ HARTFORD.
CNVHALL 803 MAIN STREET. COM.
JOSEPH H KIN& ZS.
PRESIDENT.
Fish!
Fish!
Now is the time to
eat fish.
We keep constantly on hand a
good variety of
Fresh and Salt Fish,
Oysters, Clams,
Canned Goods, Etc.
Try our " White House " Coffee,
also our " Blue Diamond " Clam
Chowder and Boston Baked Beans.
MILIJER&CLARE.
The People's Market,
*78 Main St.,
Thnmrwn»i'<l'e, • - Oonn,
This will save your Life*
By inducing you tq
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Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
The only Guaranteed Cure*
NO Cure. NO Pay. Your Drug­gist
will warrant it -
ABSOLUTCLY CURES
Orip, Influenza. Asthma, Bronchitis
Whooping Cough, Pneumonia, or any
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THElOprEST
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Simmons
Watch Cisains
They wear as well as all
gold chains, and they cost
very much less.
IT ALSO PROVES
there is no watch like^ an
American, watch, and those
with our name, on have every
one of them given their own­ers
reliable time. ,
Let us prove this to you.
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THOMAS & LONG, V
Jewelers and Opticians.
Main street,
: Thompsonville, Conn.:
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ESTABLISHED 1880. THOMPSONYILLE, CONK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1903. VOL. XXIY. m. 36.
Forbes & Wallace, Forbes & Wallace.
Stock-Taking Brings Down the Prices on
Men's Furnishings.
All the broken lines of Men's Furnishings left from the
holiday selling have been assembled and marked at prices
that will sell them quickly. The offerings include the most
desirable and seasonable merchandise in our stock. You
will find them greatly to your advantage.
THE CLOSING YEAR.
Men's Heavy Underwear, wool-fleece-lined,
silver gray, single or double-breasted
39c
Men's Derby Ribbed Underwear, in
blue, black, tan and ecru 39c
Men's Merino Underwear, natural
color, heavy weight 39c
Men's Heavy Cotton Underwear... .65c
Men's Camel's Hair Underwear 89c
iMen's Natural Wool, or Camel's Hair
"Underwear, extra fine quality $1.05
Men's Sweaters, - plain and fancy
tveavea, solid and combination colors,
$1 50,$1 75, $2, $2.50, $2.75, $2 98and$4 48
Boys' Sweaters, plain and fancy
weaves, plain colors and stripes, value 75c
to $2 50, at 48c, 85c, $1.39 and $1.50
Men's Cardigan Jackets, in black and
brown, valued $2 50 to $3 75, at $2, $2 50
and $3
Men's Neckwear—Tecks and Derby
Four-in-Hands, plain colors, and neat
figures 19c
Four-in-Hands, Ascots, Tecks and
Puffs, in the newest effects fine quality
silk, values up to $1, at 42c
Men's Silk Suspenders, value 75c to $2,
at 50c and $1
MUSSED HANDKERCHIEFS.
All the Handkerchiefs used in the Holiday window and
inside displays have now been sorted and marked for quick
riddance. With them are included all that became mussed
and soiled in the Holiday rush. There are women's, men's
and children's Handkerchiefs, plain and embroidered. All
we want now is to close them out in order to keep our stock
fresh and clean, so we have marked them at prices that
bear little relation to cost or value, j /%-t rA_
In four lots at 4c, 11c, 21c and 50c
Our Great January Sale of Muslin
Underwear will begin next Friday.
Forbes & Wallace.
Main, Vernon and Pynchon streets, Springfield, Mass.
The School that Makes a Specialty
of Each Student.
—The—
gives thorough instruction in Bookkeeping, Business Arithmetic, Com­mercial
Law, Penmanship, Correspondence, Shorthand, Typewriting, etc.
Instruction very largely individual.
An excellent time to begin a course of training is January 4th.
The Huntsinger record—fifteen years of faithful work—is the Hunt-singer
reference.
$13 per month pays for tuition, the use of text books, and the use of
all stationery and supplies needed at the school.
New pupils enter every week.
E. H. HUNTSINGER,
SO Asylum Street, Hartford,
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Springfield Republican
(MASSACHUSETTS),
The Independent New England Newspaper.
Established in 1924 by Samuel Bowles,
DAILY (Morning); SUNDAY; WEEKLY.
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attractive newspaper, better equipped tjiap ever to defend the public
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of Western Massachusetts and New England, it is truly National in
its spirit, its outlook and its exposition of the great concerns of the
American people, _ . ,,
The Republican is firm in its faith in democracy and earnest m its
application of democratic principles to new social conditions and
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comprehensive.
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variety of attractive magazine features strongly tinged wjth the New
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Is ^perhaps the best news, political and literary weekly combined in the
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other distinctive features of the Daily and Sunday editions, together
with a complete review of the week's principal news, all carefully edit­ed
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In sheeted vales and snow-crowned hills
December days drift out the year,
With falt'ring steps Time bowed in grief
Gives to the new a welcome cheer.
'Tis thus our life days drift apace,
Marked by the running sands away,
When other lives shall fill our place,
And love and live their nobler way.
A NEW TEAR'S IDYLL.
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Everything bad gone wrong, and I
hated the world and everything and
everybody—with one exception.
Then the dance, and I so fearfully out
of tune for dancing.
If she had only written, but then it
would have been so utterly unlike Dora
to have written; she generally contented
herself with sending wires and post
cards. :v
"My handwriting is atrocious and I
spell abominably," she used to say, so it
would be simply absard of me to cultivate
the art of letter writing."
The news was broken to me so sud­denly.
"Heard of Dora's engagement, I sup­pose?"
asked old Colonel Foster briskly.
"Capital fellow, George Standish; a little
old for the girl, perhaps, but she seems to
like him, and of course my wife is pleased,
for with your two cousins coming out
next summer, it's a great thing to get the
eldest girl well married, you know."
I nodded and murmured something
conventional. How could I tell Colonel
Foster that, for the last two years, I had
regarded him as my prospective father-in-
law, and that I had even been fool
enough to come down to the grange with
an engagement ring for Dora in my
pocket!
Well, well, I had been a fool, it seemed,
an utter fool, and the Booner I got back
to London the better; if they had not
been having that confounded dance, the
annual New Year's eve affair, I believe I
should have made some wild excuse and
got away, but to desert within a few
hours of the dance was a crime that I
dared not contemplate; also I did not see
my way clear to getting the dog cart
Dora danced into the study; she looked
wonderfully bright and pretty.
"O, here you are, Jack. When did you
arrive?"
"I must congratulate you, Dora."
I spoke in my best manner, stiffly and,
I hope, sternly, putting as much reproach
in my glance as I could.
Thank you so much; the house is
upRide down with excitement, and the
girls, as you will find, can talk of nothing
but bridesmaids' dresses. As to mother,
she is radiant with pride, for I shall be
quite a 'great lady,' shall I not, daddy
dear. The Standish diamonds are per
fectly lovely, Jack. 01 here's the
ring." .
She held up a slender finger for my in­spection,
circled by a gleaming hoop of
large and scintillating brilliants. Invol­untarily
I contrasted the costly gage with
the simple ring reposing in my waistcoat
pocket. Oh, yes, Dora had been wise in
her generation.
* * * * * * *
I had privately determined not to ask
Dora to dance, but, all the same, valse
No 8 found us sitting out together in the
darkest and most bescreened of retreats.
Dora bad led me there, I may as well
say.
Is it not nice, and dark, and cozy I"
she laughed gleefully. "I rigged it up
myself this morning; mother has the
most garish and primitive ideas of a
sitting-out room;" then, with a sudden
change of voice and manner, "Why are
you so gloomy and silent, Jack? Are you
cross with me?"
The truth is,"I answered, "I don't
feel happy over this engagement of
yours; Standish is so much older than
you are."
"Well, 1 know that." She tapped her
pretty foot impatiently. "Have you
nothing else to pay?"
"Only this, I cannot: believe you are in
love with him I"
I never said I was: listen, Jack, to
the true position of affairs. I was rather
fond of somebody—years ago, and though
he evidently did not care about me in
that way, still I never could fancy myself
liking any one else; any young man, I
mean. Well, I am not the sort of a girl
who goes crying for the moon, breaking
her heart and making everybody uncom­fortable
and miserable, and I have two
sisters waiting to come out; so when Mr
8tandish appeared on the scene aboutfour
months ago and showed pretty plainly
that he liked and admired me—well, I
thought the position of Mrs Standish
would suit me."
But have yon to)d bjm that you are
not in love with him, Dora?"
'-Of course I have, and he |s rather re­lieved,
for he is not really in love with
me. He has spoken the truth honestly,
too; be adored his first wife, but she died
when her baby girl was born; he was de­voted
to his daughter and almost broken­hearted
when she died last year, and
that's why he wants to marry a girl like
me. He wants me to take her place in a
way, to have youth about bis home again,
some one to pet and spoil. He has prom­ised
me that I shall be happy ;. I hope to
make him happy, too."
Dora looked sweetly serious. I drew
my gprefully sealed-up little parcel from
my pocket and landed it to her.
"jjere is a wedding present, Dora. I
wish you all possible h^pppess, dear." f
"A wedding present! But youi cjid not
know, Jack, til) fet^ey tp}D
C0UNSELL0R-AT-LAW,
OFFICE, - 139 ENFIELD STREET,
(Southwest from l'ost-Offlce),
E1TPIELD, C03STHT.
Epstein's Express.
Furniture and Pianos Moved
and Heavy Teaming.
Have also an Adjustable Window Derrick for
hoisting Pianos, etc.
K. J. EPSTEIN, Prop. P. O. Box. 611
Besidence cor. Central at. and Toungave.
Thompsonville, Conn.
rjiHOMPSONYILLE
BARBER SHOP,
84 MAW STREET.
IgTHair Cutting a Specialty.
A. J. GIACONIA, Proprietor.
JpOR SALE,
Seven house lots on New King street;
alsolpiece of land corner Pearl and South
Pearl streets, Thompsonville.
Address L. P. BUSHNELL,
254 Arlington St., WeBt Medford, Mass.
Sbe abompsonvUle press.
Published Every Thursday, by
T3xe ^Paxsons Sprinting- Co.
ThompaonvUl*, . • Conn.
THE PRESS IS an eight column folio
weekly, filled with interesting reading-
New England, local and general news,
and well-selected miscellany.
TERMS: $1.50 a year in advance; six
months, 75 cents; three months, 40 cents.
Postage prepaid by the publishers.
Papers are forwarded until an explicit
order is received by the publishers for
their discontinuance and until payment of
all arrearages is made, as required by law.
Advertising rates made known on ap
plication.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths inserted
free. Resolutions of condolence, 5 cents
a line.
THE PRESS will be for sale at John
Hunter's, William Chestnut's, and by
news boys, every Thursday evening,.
Copies folded ready for mailing can
also be had at this office. At Hazard-ville,
at the store of Wm. A. Smith.
We have a complete outfit of news
paper and job type, our presses are run
by steam power, and we have every
facility for doing
JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS
in the latest style, at short notice, and
at the lowest living prices.
BT We defy honorable competition.
Give us a call or drop us a line before
placing your orders
The Parsons Printing Company,
Thorap.onT1".. Conn.
Bent'* Old Stand.
We are prepared to show you a line of
WAQOIVS,
x>th heavy and light, or build one foi
you to suit.
Our reputation is established: SurreyB,
Concords, Open and Top Buggies,
Business and Farm Wagons.
Also a choice lot of Light and Heavy
Harness.
C1BL Ei MILLER'S carrj8ge ^8,
Thompsonville, Conn.
s!
Holiday Presents!
A NICE—
Harness,
Blankets, Robes,
Whips,
Skates,
Pocket knives,
Shears, Razors,
Food-choppers
and many other useful articles, at
A. T. LORD'S,
81 Main street, Thompsonville.
Oates' Express.
Oates' Express does all kjnds of Light
and Heavy teaming.
Freight work is a special feature for
every-day business.
Moving pianos and household furni­ture
carefully attended to.
Furniture stored by the week or
month, with or without insurance
EDWIN OATES,
Prospect street,
Thompsonville, - Conn.
Sleighs,
Sleighs.
Never did we have such a
large stock of sleighs.
BRAIN ARD'S.
Spring Delivery
Contracts are
now in order.
Thompsonville
Monumental Works
Pearl Street,
Thompsonville, - Oonn.
pg"Electric cars pass the works,
Courtesy and
Promptness.
These two qualities character­ize
our dealings with our de­positors.
They lead to pleasant
personal and business relations
that we believe have had a
large part in the building up of
this institution.
The American National Bank
is well equipped for affording
satisfactory banking accom-;
modations. Your account,
whether large or small, has
careful, accurate, prompt at­tention.
^WILLIAM J. DIXON
CASHIER
_ __ HARTFORD.
CNVHALL 803 MAIN STREET. COM.
JOSEPH H KIN& ZS.
PRESIDENT.
Fish!
Fish!
Now is the time to
eat fish.
We keep constantly on hand a
good variety of
Fresh and Salt Fish,
Oysters, Clams,
Canned Goods, Etc.
Try our " White House " Coffee,
also our " Blue Diamond " Clam
Chowder and Boston Baked Beans.
MILIJER&CLARE.
The People's Market,
*78 Main St.,
Thnmrwn»i'*'